Tile-laying carrier.



N0- 827,301. PATENTED JULY 31, 1906. H. M. FISK.

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HENRY M. FISK, OF PELLA, IOWA.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. Frsx, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pella, in the county of Marion and State of Iowa, have 5invented a new and useful Improved Tile- Laying Carrier, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to the flexible carrier for tilelaying machines forwhich United States Letters Patent No. 421,488 were granted to meFebruary 18, 1890; and it consists in detachably connecting auxiliarysides with the outside metal straps of the carrier in such a manner thatthey will be self- I adjusting whenever the carrier is deflected to theright or left in a ditch that has curves and will at all times projectupward over the parallel sides of the tile laid in the carrier asrequired to prevent the ends of the tile from contacting with side wallsof the ditch and meeting resistance and in some instances being pushedback on the carrier, so that contiguous ends of tile laid as the carrieris advanced will not be as closely together as 2 5 they should be.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows the front end of my improvedtile-carrier laid flat. Fig. 2 is a side view when the sides are turnedup as required in practical 3 use, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview of the carrier and a tile upon it as required to be pivoted andcarried and placed in a ditch by the advance of the carrier in the ditchso the tile will slip off the rear end of the carrier.

Fig. 4 shows a lap-joint of metal straps flexibly connected. Fig. 5shows a mole-plow under ground and a section of my carrier connectedtherewith as required for practical use.

4 A A are continuous flat flexible metal straps about one and one-halfinch wide. They may vary in length, as desired.

B is an eye fixed to their front ends to be engaged by a hook connectedwith a moleplow.

c c are short flat flexible metal straps rigidly fixed across the undersides of the straps A at regular intervals.

(1 represents flat flexible metal straps, about 5 twenty inches long,pivotally connected with Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 2. 1906. Serial No. 304.427.

TILE-LAYING CARRIER.

' Patented July 31, 1906.

the ends of the short straps. c by means of rivets and with each otherby means of flexible lap-joints that will allow longitudinal contractionand expansion. Theends of each of the straps d have elon atederforations d and the overlying Sld6SllLVG ed pivots d that enter andtraverse the perforations d.

All the straps cl are thus connected to produce flexible joints in whichthe front end of the stra s d are covered by the rear ends of the overapping ones as required to produce a complete carrier that will readilybend laterally to facilitate laying tile in a curved line wheneverdesired.

Loops f are fixed to the stra s d, and the auxiliary sides 9 are providewith fixed straps h, adapted to enter the loops f, as required, fordetachably connecting the sides with the carrier, so they can be takenofl for laying small tile. The sides g are also connected by la -joints,in which there is shown a slot g in t e end of the side 9 and a rivet g,fixed in the overlying parts g and f.

J is a mole-plow detachably connected with the eye B of the carrier, asshown in Fig. 5.

Having thus set forth the purpose of my invention and the manner of itsapplication and use, the practical operation and utility thereof will bereadily understood by persons familiar with the art to which itpertains.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a carrier for laying tile in a ditch, a carrier consisting of aplurality of flat metal straps connectedv in parallel position with eachother and auxiliary flat metal straps detachably connected with theoutside straps of the carrier.

2. A flexible carrier for laying tile in a ditch, comprising a pluralityof flat metal straps in parallel position connected by flat flexiblecross-slats, auxiliary flat metal straps and means for detachablyconnecting them with the outside stra s of the flexible carrier, tooperate as set fortii.

HENRY M. FISK.

Witnesses:

, L. VAN REES, H E. S. 0001;.

